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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

結けっ束そく

kessoku

unity, solidarity

Example sentences

  1. 歴史的れきしてきには村落社会そんらくしゃかいにおいて娯楽ごらくと村むらの結束けっそくを強つよめる機能的役割きのうてきやくわりを果はたした。

    Historically, the Bon festival dance has functioned as an entertainment and a way to strengthen people’s bonds in the village community.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. この訴うったえを受うけた容保かたもりのとりなしで近藤こんどうは身みを改あらため、新選組しんせんぐみは固かたい結束けっそくを取とり戻もどした。

    Katamori MATSUDAIRA, who had received the report, guided Isami KONDO into mending his ways and the Shinsengumi recovered its strong unity.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 地侍じざむらいたちは一揆いっきの結束けっそくを武器ぶきに、守護しゅごの支配しはいを排はいして自治じちを行おこなった。

    The local samurai used the solidarity of their uprising to throw off the provincial governor’s rule and govern themselves.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 結束

  • 結tie; bindOnケツ・ケチKunむすぶ・ゆう・ゆわえる
  • 束bundle; sheafOnソクKunたば・たばねる・つか

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